This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#44038-
Programmer Calculator?
Message #44054
Hi. I don't know about the 16C, but the 27S I described doesn't use RPN. Maybe it was a marketing move on the part of HP . The 27S uses standard notation, and has a multiline display with a cursor, so that yu can back up and edit at any…
#44022-
Programmer Calculator?
Message #44028
Hi. For what it's worth, another recommendation. I use a Hewlett-Packard 27S Scientific. They're around $70. Hex to 9 digits, binary to 38 digits, octal to 13 digits. I don't know what the limit on decimal is. I can't locate the manual at the moment, and I stopped my manual…
Hi, Mike. I think the single largest cost factor at the time, which justified the use of the 8088, was the cost of making circuit boards that could handle the extra address lines. That technology (multi-layers, fine tracks) was very expensive back then. –Mark